Abbreviated Texts on the Ganges

Gaṅgāpeyyālavagga

Abbreviated Texts on the Ganges

Gaṅgāpeyyālavagga

EN
“Mendicants, the Ganges River slants, slopes, and inclines to the east. In the same way, a mendicant developing and cultivating the five faculties slants, slopes, and inclines to extinguishment. How so?
PL
“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, gaṅgā nadī pācīnaninnā pācīnapoṇā pācīnapabbhārā; evameva kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu pañcindriyāni bhāvento pañcindriyāni bahulīkaronto nibbānaninno hoti nibbānapoṇo nibbānapabbhāro. Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu pañcindriyāni bhāvento pañcindriyāni bahulīkaronto nibbānaninno hoti nibbānapoṇo nibbānapabbhāro?
EN
It’s when a mendicant develops the faculties of faith, energy, mindfulness, immersion,
PL
Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu saddhindriyaṁ bhāveti vivekanissitaṁ virāganissitaṁ nirodhanissitaṁ vossaggapariṇāmiṁ, vīriyindriyaṁ …pe… satindriyaṁ … samādhindriyaṁ …
EN
and wisdom, which rely on seclusion, fading away, and cessation, and ripen as letting go. That’s how a mendicant developing and cultivating the five faculties slants, slopes, and inclines to extinguishment.”
PL
paññindriyaṁ bhāveti vivekanissitaṁ virāganissitaṁ nirodhanissitaṁ vossaggapariṇāmiṁ. Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu pañcindriyāni bhāvento pañcindriyāni bahulīkaronto nibbānaninno hoti nibbānapoṇo nibbānapabbhāro”ti. Dvādasamaṁ. Gaṅgāpeyyālavaggo aṭṭhamo.
EN
Six on slanting to the east, and six on slanting to the ocean; these two sixes make twelve,
PL
Tassuddānaṁ Cha pācīnato ninnā, cha ninnā ca samuddato; Dvete cha dvādasa honti,
EN
and that’s how this chapter is recited.
PL
vaggo tena pavuccatīti.

Pāli root text and English translation by Bhikkhu Sujato from SuttaCentral (https://suttacentral.net), CC0.

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